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Associated PressEPA chief: Bush climate policy workingBy H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer
45 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency
said Monday the growth of greenhouse gases by less than 1 percent
in 2005 shows the administration's program to address global
warming "is delivering real results." The pronouncement by EPA
Administrator Dave Johnson brought a quick response from some
environmentalists.
"Things have come to a pretty sad state of affairs when the EPA
tries to spin increased greenhouse gas emissions as a victory," said
Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, an environmental
advocacy group.
The EPA said its annual greenhouse gas assessment showed that
7.26 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping
gases were released by U.S. sources in 2005, an increase of 0.8
percent from the previous year.
-snip-"The slow growth in emissions from 2004 to 2005 can be attributed
mainly to higher energy prices that suppressed demand, low or
negative growth in several energy-intensive industries, and weather-
related disruptions," the Energy Department said in a separate
report on greenhouse gas emissions.
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